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Executive Order 12034—ACTION Cooperative Volunteers

January 10, 1978

PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF FORMER ACTION COOPERATIVE VOLUNTEERS TO THE CIVILIAN CAREER SERVICE

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Sections 3301 and 3302 of Title 5 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Any person who is certified by the Director of ACTION as having served satisfactorily as a full-time ACTION Community Volunteer (including Criminal Justice Volunteers, Volunteers in Justice, and VETREACH Volunteers) for a period of service of at least one year under Part C of Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-113), and who was enrolled as a Volunteer in such program prior to October 1, 1976, shall be eligible for noncompetitive appointment to the Civilian Career Service in the same manner as that provided for Peace Corps Volunteers by Executive Order No. 11103 of April 10, 1963.

SEC. 2. This Order shall be effective 60 days after the date of signature and its applicability to persons who have completed their volunteer service on or before that date shall begin on such effective date.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

January 10, 1978.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:57 p.m., January 11, 1978]

Note: The Executive order was announced by the White House on January 11.

Jimmy Carter, Executive Order 12034—ACTION Cooperative Volunteers Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244827

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